In Brampton and Mississauga, the minister met local members of parliament and stakeholders and discussed issues related to immigration. Top of the agenda is speeding up the process of family class immigration. Link To Article

OTTAWA—The Liberals are committing to finding new ways to get Syrian refugees to Canada and into other countries as the United Nations seeks nearly half a million spaces for Syrians by the end of 2018.

The new federal government promised to bring 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada’s much safer shores by the end of next month. The target for the end of 2016 is double that. John McCallum, minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship, joins The Agenda for an update on settlement efforts